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My 2012 MacBook will not allow me to update . Any reason why ?

I have an old laptop , obviously, but each time I try to update it to a new version of MacOS, it says it cannot be done. Anyone have any idea why ?

MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.10

Posted on Jan 28, 2024 9:02 AM

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My 2012 MacBook will not allow me to update . Any reason why ?

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